Cab driver robbed at gunpoint

HILTON HEAD ISLAND – The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the early Tuesday morning armed robbery of a taxi driver on the northern end of Hilton Head Island.

Just before 1:30 a.m., sheriff’s deputies met with a 32-year-old taxi driver for Diamond Transportation on DIllon Road who reported being robbed at gunpoint by an unknown Hispanic man.

The driver told officers that he had been traveling on the street when he was flagged down in the area of 50 Dillon Road. The driver pulled over, believing the individual needed taxi service. The man approached the cab driver, showed a handgun and demanded money. The driver gave the suspect both his wallet and his business bank bag.

The driver was unharmed and had no fares in the taxi at the time of the incident. The suspect was described as a Hispanic man between 25-30 years of age wearing a white polo shirt with small blue stripes and blue jeans. He was also described as having a shaved head, a clean-shaven face and a pierced left ear.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call either Investigator Cpl. B. Cooler at 843-255-3423 or the Beaufort County Dispatch Center at 843-524-2777.